slapdashmonuments
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
232 stories, 1 challenge, 1 prompt, 230 comments, and 37 friends
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Inspiration hits with a flash, stories written on the go. A rumble of laughter and the tale is heard only in echoes. The wind blows me in a new direction. Whom shall I visit next?
All Stories
Gray Blind 1
Rachael slipped into the bathroom, eyes on the hallway beyond. She rested her back on the shelves an…
Published 9 years ago.
7/27/2016
My future, furious, lunges
With weapons sharp and bright
To fell me where I stand.
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A single blow …
Published 9 years ago.
My face turns green and pale
The world waits for me
With greedy, eager hopes;
Prepared with oiled ropes
It waits with vile glee.
…
Published 9 years ago.
Woebegone
Woe, be gone
Don't linger on
Just try and find a wider home
There's lots of spots
That you could go
…
Published 9 years ago.
doomed
the sound is doomed
the air is doomed
my lungs full up with spores that plumed
the friends i loved
t…
Published 9 years ago.
NaPo 2016, Day 14
Well, I’m failing at life.
I just cannot do right.
It’s a meaningless fight
I should never have trie…
Published 10 years ago.
Beat a Retreat
You know that words can hurt
Even more than a stick or a stone.
A pen destroys more than a sword
A d…
Published 10 years ago.
Survivor's Sonnet
A brittle, dessicated kind of life
That has been weakened outdoors in the sun
Near deafened by the c…
Published 10 years ago.
Health
My body’s health is better, while my mental health is worse
If that’s a joke, I don’t feel quite amu…
Published 10 years ago.
NaPo Day 19
Is there someone who can teach me
How to make and keep a friend?
For it feels as though my every sta…
Published 10 years ago.
Lesson To Learn
I never learned to love myself.
I know not how it’s done.
I am so weak in will and mind.
I seek, but…
Published 10 years ago.
Cheesecake Pictures
Shall I compare thee to a yummy cake?
Thou art much richer, solid on the fork
Wait, what was that? I…
Published 10 years ago.
A Bad Trip
So we were in the Blythesburg area and wanted something to do on the weekend, so we picked this plac…
Published 10 years ago.
Then the next phase began.
I pushed open the doors, straining my back a little, and with a creak they parted. They were thick, …
Published 10 years ago.
Reinstalling my System (9/9)
And please, my Lord, I beg Thee, heal
The pain in one and all,
Which I in my confusion caused.
Pleas…
Published 10 years ago.
